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Growing What Works Database

Learn What Works for Latino Student Success

The Growing What Works Database is online and searchable. It is a resource for practitioners, institutional leaders, funders, and policymakers interested in evidence-based practices that accelerate Latino student success in higher education. 

Search the database below to see programs that have been recognized throughout Excelencia in Education’s 20 years of service for making a positive difference in Latino student success, including those recognized in 2024 as Examples of Excelencia and Finalists for their intentional and culturally relevant evidence-based practices.

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Engaging Latino Communities in Education (ENLACE) - Northeastern Illinois University

The mission of ENLACE is to invest in the preparation of leadership in higher education to create change responsive to the needs of Latinx students.

English for Academic Purposes

English for Academic Purposes (EAP)

EAP prepares multilingual students for successful completion of first-year courses, with a focus on the development of academic English language skills.

Enhancing Postbaccalaureate Opportunities at CSUF for Hispanic Students (EPOCHS)

Enhancing Postbaccalaureate Opportunities at CSUF for Hispanic Students (EPOCHS)

EPOCHS was created to increase the number of Latino/a students obtaining a master’s degree at California State University Fullerton (CSUF).

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Entering Student Experience

The goal of the Entering Student Experience is to increase the success and retention of first-year students at The University of Texas at El Paso.

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Esperanza College

Esperanza College's mission is to ensure that students are prepared to confidently take college-level courses in the areas of Math and English.

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First-Gen Forward (FGF)

The mission of Latino U College Access’s FGF program is to empower low-income, first-generation students on their journeys through college.

Engineering Program at Wright College

Engineering Program at Wright College (EPW)

EPW aims to make all students thrive in engineering and computer science, especially Black, Latino, and female underrepresented students.

Enhancing Career Pathways for Latinos in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) program

Enhancing Career Pathways for Latinos in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV)

The mission of the program is to empower Rio Grande Valley residents to achieve economic prosperity through training, resources, and career pathways.

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Enlace - Evergreen Valley College

The Enlace Program, which began in 1983, serves Chicanx/Latinx students with counseling, tutoring, community mentoring, and student organizations.

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Equal Opportunity in Engineering Program (EOE)

The mission of EOE is to promote excellence in the areas of academics, leadership, professionalism, and community support.

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FIU Connect4Success (C4S)

The C4S pathway builds on Florida’s 2+2 framework with evidence-based transfer affirming and transfer receptive approaches to positively impact student outcomes.

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Foreign Educated Physician to Bachelor of Science in Nursing

The program prepares diverse health care professionals as providers and leaders in the delivery of high quality, accessible, culturally competent care.

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